VEGAN
SUGAR-FREE
WHEAT-FREE
DAIRY-FREE

Vegan Plum Cake with Coconut Crumbles

Natalie Lutz

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prep time 1 30

Dish dessert

servings 1 flat baking tray

ingredients

For the dough:

350 g spelt flour
1 package of dry yeast
1 tsp coconut blossom sugar
50 g coconut blossom sugar
60 g coconut oil
150 ml warm oat drink
1 pinch of salt

For covering:

about 1500 g plums
2-3 tbsp maple syrup

For the crumbles:

100 g coconut flour
50 g coconut blossom sugar
2 tbsp coconut rasps
1/2 tsp cinnamon

instructions

For your dough put spelt flour in a bowl and form a hollow in the middle.
Heat oat drink and mix with dried yeast and 1 tbsp coconut blossom sugar.
Pour the mixture into the hollow and add some of the flour on the sides until you have a thick dough.
Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave to rise in a warm place for about 10-15 minutes until the volume in the bowl has doubled.
In the meantime, wash the plums.
When the volume in the bowl has doubled, add the rest of the ingredients for the dough and knead everything into a homogeneous mass (using the dough hook of the food processor or handmixer).
Now roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface and then carefully lift it onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Form a rim on the sides.
Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 30-40 minutes until the volume has doubled.
In the meantime, prepare the covering. Stone and quarter the plums.
For the crumbles, put all the ingredients in a bowl and knead them into crumbles with your hands.
Preheat the oven to 200° top and bottom heat.
Cover the dough (which should have doubled in volume by now) with plums, skin down and press lightly into the dough.
Pour maple syrup over it and spread the crumbles over the plums.
Place the baking tray in the middle of the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
Finally remove the cake from the oven, let it cool down briefly, cut it into small pieces and enjoy!

This recipe is

vegan / sugar-free / wheat-free / dairy-free

Keyword Eat Your Fibre

GOOD TO KNOW

The damson plum – “miracle weapon” in digestion
The plum originally comes from Asia and was brought to Europe by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. Today it is also cultivated in Africa.Damson plums are very similar to normal plums, so they have almost the same ingredients and therefore a very similar importance for our health. The difference between the two fruits is that normal plums are rather round and oval. Damson plums, on the other hand, tend to have a longer shape, are smaller than normal plums and have a slightly firmer flesh that tastes sweeter.
They are rich in fibre (about five grams per hundred grams), which helps our digestion and can also help with chronic constipation. For this, about five to ten of the fruit are soaked in water and then eaten. They can also help against heartburn.
However, they not only contain a lot of fibre, but also valuable vitamins and minerals, especially almost all B vitamins, vitamin A + C, zinc, potassium and calcium. Thus, among other things, damson plums can help us build up our defences, strengthen our immune system, support our metabolism, regulate our blood pressure and strengthen our bones.
Because they have a relatively high fruit sugar content, they are very good at providing energy quickly. They consist of 85% water, which is why the calorie content is quite low, at 50 calories per 100 g. Nevertheless, they satiate quickly.
The fruits can not only be eaten raw, but they are also suitable for cooking and baking. For example, you can make a delicious plum cake out of them or process the plums into puree, jam and compote or smoothies. But they also go well with meat dishes as a sauce.

Nice To Know:
In Central Europe, over a hundred different varieties of damson plums grow. The fruit is particularly popular in Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria. And did you know that there are over 2000 plum varieties worldwide? The most common varieties are not only the damson plum, but also the normal plum, the mirabelle plum and the greengages.

Vegan Plum Cake with Coconut Crumbles